747: Creating the World’s
First Jumbo Jet and Other Adventures From a Life
in Aviation
by Joe Sutter with Jay Spenser

I collaborated with legendary U.S. aeronautical engineer
Joe Sutter to put his amazing life story into words. Telling
his life story, Sutter takes us behind the scenes to
show how he and his Boeing engineering team actually
developed the world-transforming 747.

Whirlybirds:
A History of the U.S. Helicopter Pioneers

This huge tome took
me eight years to
write, but I knew that if I didn’t
record the history of the helicopter, nobody ever
would because that industry’s pioneers were
getting well along in years. It is the definitive
work in its field and I’m proud of it.

The Day I Owned
the Sky
by Robert Lee Scott, Jr.

More than two decades ago, I ghostwrote
this wonderful memoir for General Scott, the U.S. WWII
fighter ace who wrote God Is My Copilot (that
book was ghostwritten too). It was an enjoyable collaboration
and makes for highly entertaining reading.

Vertical Challenge: The Hiller Aircraft
Story

In 1944, Stanley Hiller, Jr.—a 19-year-old prodigy
in San Francisco—built and flew the first successful
U.S. helicopter designed anywhere west of the Mississippi
River. Hiller’s innovative company built thousands
of helicopters over the next two decades.

Moskito: The Focke Wulf Ta 154
(Monogram Close-Up Series No. 22)

In World War II, the German High Command was so
impressed with Britain’s “wooden wonder,” the
de Havilland Mosquito, that they built one of their
own. The Moskito, as this Teutonic twin was
known, served as a Luftwaffe night fighter.

Focke-Wulf FW 190: Workhorse of the
Luftwaffe
(Famous Aircraft of the National Air and Space Museum Series,
Vol. 9)

One of World War II’s best fighters, the legendary
FW 190 also flew in the ground-attack role. This
volume examines this lesser-known use, traces the
history of the Smithsonian’s FW 190 F8, and
describes this exquisite machine’s painstaking
restoration.

Bellanca C.F.:
The Emergence of the Cabin Monoplane in the United
States
(Famous Aircraft of the National Air and Space Museum Series,
Vol. 6)

In the biplane era, the Bellanca C.F. combined a single
wing with an enclosed passenger cabin. Although just
one C.F. was built, it sired the globe-spanning Bellanca
Pacemakers and Skyrockets, whose golden-age exploits this
book also describes.

Aeronca C-2: The Story of the Flying
Bathtub
(Famous Aircraft of the National Air and Space Museum Series,
Vol. 2)

The Aeronca C-2 of 1929 was the first safe, affordable
light airplane sold in the United States. Marking
the emergence of U.S. general aviation, this diminutive
single-seater paved the way for the Piper Cub and all the
other privately owned light planes that followed.

The Sugar House
Mystery: The Butternut Village Mystery Series

Just for fun, I wrote this
mystery for young readers. Girls and boys
aged 8 to 12 absolutely love it and so
might the children in your life. I have
ideas for at least a dozen more “Butternut
Village Mysteries,” as
I call this proposed series, so more to come….